Māori creation myth

Check out this wonderful telling of the story.  It doesn't even use any words.

Here is another version of the story.
Is this entertaining?
Does it have a more important purpose than just being entertaining?

This myth tells how the world was created.
It also tells us how the North and South Islands and even āoraki came into being.
These myths are an oral history, a way of remembering shared knowledge.  

Powhiri for our new principal

On Monday we were gifted a tonga - a precious treasure from Lauriston School.  They gave us our new principal - Mrs P.  Take a look at the videos Carol took of the amazing ceremony.

Karanga:
This is the calling on the visitors or manuhiri and is done by a woman or wāhine.

Speakers: 
There is always a speaker from each side and they are men or tāne.  They are supported in song after their kaikōrero.  Our speaker is talking about our place and the welcome we have as a school, the Taumutu Rūnunga and as Ngai Tahu.

Songs to support the speaker:

After every speaker there is a song of support.  

The Lauriston School sang to support Mrs P's speech.  The have a school song that they wrote which is very catchy and stuck in my head for ages!

Hongi then kai:

Notice that Mrs P was collected by two very important women or wāhine.  She was then placed in the middle of the group, where she was protected.  This is because she is recognised as a treasure.

After a powhiri there is always a hongi or the sharing of breath.  You shake hands or hug and press noses.  The hongi shows that we all now belong.  

We then eat kai together to lift the 'tapu'. This makes sure that we all belong.

This is the first time a Selwyn School has had a powhiri like this to hand over a new principal.  It was done by our Rūnunga of Taumutu - our local mārae right by Lake Ellesmere or Waihora.

He mihi tēnei ki Te Taumutu Rūnunga mo tōu awhi ki te kura.

A greeting to the Taumutu Rununga for your support of the school.

Te Reo: Where are you from?

WALT:
Recall the names of local places in Te Reo.
Pronounce the local names in Te Reo correctly.
Use the consonant + vowel or vowel+vowel approach to help our pronunciation.
Asn and answer - 'Where are you from' in Te Reo.

Here is your challenge.  Test each other on 'Nō hea koe'.  Can you answer with a different place and guess where your friend is from?

Click on this link to visit the talking map.  Can you use the names of places from all around New Zealand?

Te Reo: Mihi

WALT:
Write our own mini using an adapted format.
Recite our own mini with correct pronunciation.
Recall our mini from memory.

It's all about me and where I fit into my family.  

Your mihi tells the story of the place and the people you beloing to.  It is an eassy way for people you are meetingto make connections as they see if they are related or know your family.

Task:

As you can see - everything flows from the mountain, through the river and the waka is on it.  Then the people settle so this is the order in which we say our mini.

Start by writing in the things you are sure of like your parent's names, school and family.

If you have moved from somewhere to here, then you would use the line:

Kei ____________ tōku kāinga ināianei. (I now live)

If you have no waka or marae then just leave these words out.  

REMEMBER that if you are posting your mini on the blog, only use first names but you would use full names when sharing it in 'real life'.

Here is an example of a mini from our favourite Melville Intermediate.

Pronounce Māori words right!

A E I O U
Vowel sounds come in two forms - long and short.  Try them out with this song.  

Try the vowel sounds out with the rest of the alphabet with the following song. The consonants we will be using are:

H   K   M   N   P   R   T   W   NG   WH

Waiata - Months of the year

Check out the waiata that will help us learn the Te Reo months of the year.  Click on the link to bring up the video.  Calendar Song

Harriet's Mihi

Te Reo - what have I learned this term?

We are looking at all the amazing this we have achieved this term.  One of them is our Māori Language.  Take a look at the target sheet to see what you have achieved.  I know you have all learned lots because I can hear it every day!  Click on the picture for a closer view.

Rememnber...

Māori Language Week 

is EVERY WEEK!

Sam's Mihi

Sorry it is on the side but check out Sam's mihi.

 

Josh's Mihi

Lucy's Mihi

Estēe's Mihi

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2013 - Work on your korero (talk)

Test out this great website for interactive activities on using your Te Reo.

Ko te aha tenei ra? What is the day?

This is our very first attempt at asking what the day is in Te Reo.  Keep watching the blog to see how we improve.

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2013

Months of the year:
This is what Allana is trying to learn.  Have a listen to the video and keep testing her all through the day.  This will help with her Te Reo test on Thursday.  :)

Janurary February March April May June July August September October November December

Kohitātea  Hui tanguru Poutū te rangi Paengawhāwhā Haratua Pipiri Hōngoingoi Hereturikōkā Mahuru Whiringa ā nuku Whiringa ā rangi Hakihea

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2013

Welcome to Māori Language Week.  (Click on the pictures for a larger view)
These resources were either created by myself or come from Te Wanaga of Aoeteroa, with permission for classroom use.  Please see more resources on Te Reo 4 Springston)

We have really been working on our Te Reo this term and this is an excuse to learn even more.  We would also like to make some resources to share with other shools to support their Te Reo Learning.

These are some of the things we will be learning this week:

Personal Mihi:
Practise our personal mihi and make a Puppet Pals video of it.  We will share these during the week. (Make sure only to record the first names of your family members so we can safely post them on the blog.)  We will connect them  to our visual mihi for you to see next week.

Who is in my whanau?
We will find out the names of the people in our whanau so we can ask and answer the following questions.

Te Reo - Days of the week

To help Allana with her Te Reo home-play, we need to get confident with knowking the days of the week in Te Reo.  Check out the skipping rhyme we are going to learn.

Days of the week - Skipping Rhyme

Rātapu, Rātapu, one, two, three,

Rāhina, Rāhina, skip with me.

Rātū, Rātū, turn around,

Rāapa, Rāapa, touch the ground.

Rāpare, Rāpare, touch the sky,

Rāmere, rope swings high.

Rāhoroi, you’re too slow –

End of the week so out you go!

       Image used with permission.

Kapahaka - Te Aroha

Māori long vowel sound waiata

This is a song we can use to get better at our Māori long vowel sounds while learning a few commands as well.

Commands:
e oma - run
e pakipaki - clap
e tu - stand up
e piko - curl
e toro - stretch out
e takahia - stamp
e hikoi - walk
e ano - again
e whakarongo - listen

Count in Māori

Hey - I found a great video that you can work on your Māori counting.

Remember to use the hand symbols.  I wonder who of us can make a video showing how to count backwards like we have been practising every morning?